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NWSL will hold dispersal draft for Breakers players on Tuesday

The Boston Breakers, the oldest name in U.S. women's pro soccer, folded less two months before the start of the 2018 NWSL season.

Negotiations to find new owners that would keep the team
in Boston went on for several months but they suddenly collapsed last week. The announcement came three days after Boston players and staff were given the news. It was delayed when a new bidder
entered the scene at the last minute.

“Discussions with an active buyer who had signed a letter of intent were ongoing since November of 2017," said Breakers managing partner
Peter Stoller, who became an investor in the team when it joined the short-lived WPS (2009-11). "Unfortunately, due to certain factors that process was halted on short notice. Since that point
a number of potential buyers were spoken with, but nothing could be completed within the short timeline."

-- A weighted lottery will determine the order (teams that didn't make the playoffs have twice the chance of being selected as teams that did make the
playoffs); -- Teams will not only select players under contract for the 2018 season but former players whose NWSL rights the Breakers still hold and players whose NWSL discovery rights the
Breakers hold; -- The NWSL will not expand player rosters to accommodate the addition of Breaker players but the players will not count against the rosters limits (18-20 players) in 2018.